Scary episode with dog...

It's been another busy, busy day in my family household. We closed out the day going to my kid's school to welcome home the Arizona State 1A Women's Basketball State Champions! (Go Knights!)

When we got home, I did my normal getting the kids ready for baths and fed our two dogs, Aspen and Maggie. Aspen is our old guy - he's 15 years old and every time I come home from work or being away for any extended time, I check on him to make sure he's still with us...he's that old...

Maggie is our sweet and smart golden retriever puppy (she's our 10 month old girl) who has become a major fixture in our household with her energy, affection and (yes) destructiveness. My kids just adore her.

Well, after feeding the dogs, I let Maggie out of her cage (where she eats) and she made her usual beeline to the closed door of the room where Aspen was eating. While I saw all this happening, I noticed that Maggie was sitting down at an awkward angle and that her eyes were rolling in the back of her head with the inner eyelid showing on over half of her eye. And her head looked like it was being forced upward.

At first I thought she was in the middle of an ecstatic smelling spell over Aspen's food, but then I realized she must be convulsing in some way. I went to her and petted her. I was thinking she might be choking, so I took her collar off (even though there wasn't any coughing or anything like that).

Now I'm thinking it was some kind of seizure and wondering if it wasn't epileptic. She recovered wonderfully from this episode (but it sure scared the kids and unnerved me a bit as well). She's resting quietly now at my feet here at the computer like she normally does.

I'll keep an eye out for her and probably take her into see the vet this week.

Maggie has wrapped her golden little tail around my family - I hope and pray that it just is a one time thing, or a simple case of dog epilepsy that can be controlled.

...out

Everything Glorious Vid

Another creation just made last night (until the wee hours of the morning)...I love this one...the sermon this weekend is on how God made each one of us special and unique...had to use this song from David Crowder (I love that guy!)...so here it is!

Taylor the Latte Boy - revisited

OK, so on a prior post of my previous blog - I posted about the joy of a new neighborhood Starbucks going in and included this great video. I love the song a lot and my voice teacher is actually having me learn how to sing it. I don't do as well as Kristen here - but I'm trying!




So, after this, I came across this great response - just too funny!





...out

Well, I've done it - I've officially become a banker...I feel like I need a government bailout now. How did I become a banker? I've become a lender via Kiva.org

It should be fun to see what happens with these loans. Here's a great vid about Kiva. (And if you are interested, see the widget to the side!)



Kiva from JD Lasica on Vimeo.

Basketball Greatness...

My two kids and I went to watch their school's Varsity Men's 1A Basketball Team, Surrey Garden Christian School (go Knights!), tonight in the first round of the Regional 1A Playoffs. These guys dominated! My husband, a former high schooler basketball player himself, just absolutely admires the talent on this 1A team!

On to round 2 on Friday night!

...out

Here are just a few of the church countdowns that I've made for my church. Love doing this stuff...

Ahhh...a new view and a new attitude....

I've decided to move my blog for various and unimportant reasons. It's actually pretty nice - I don't have to pack or anything. I wish life were like this!

More to come in future posts.

For anyone interested, my old blog was located at http://azmutt.wordpress.com/

...out